Harness attachment.



PATENTED NOV 13, 1906.

I. MOKNIGHT.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1905.

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3 5 same. produce a simply-constructed and inexpen- The improved device may be employed at sive device which is stronger and more duseveral different portions of the harness rable than prior structures of this character such as between the hip-straps and breechand takes a less amount of leather to proing, between the cheekstraps and the bits duce. o or other parts of the headstall, between the Having thus described the invention, what crotch-straps and hames, between the .is claimed isside straps and tracebuckles, and the like A harness attachment comprising a conand consists of a strap having an aperture tinuous strap of homogeneous material at one end and a buckle at the other end'and which is provided. at an intermediate point 5 folded intermediately and With means such with a return-bend forming the major poras a ring inserted at the folded portion to tion of an eye, a keeper rectangular in trans connect to the member to be supported. A verse and longitudinal directions, said keeper keeper is attached to the folded strap and receiving one of the ends of said strap, the firmly secured thereto and serves not only as opposite sides of said strap being secured di- I00 a receptacle of the loose end of the billet of rectly to the opposite sides of the said keeper,

ISAIAH MOKNIGHT, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed May 3,1905- Serial No. 258,648.

To (/LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAIAH MOKNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Harness Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in harness, and has for its object to provide a simply-constructed and easily-applied connecting structure between certain parts of the harness whereby increased efficiency and utility are secured, together with a material saving in the amount of leather required.

IVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the inven tion is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the the strap engaged by the buckle, but also as a brace and support to the united parts of the strap.

The strap is represented as a Whole at 10, with an aperture 11 at one end and a buckle 12 at the other end, the buckle and aperture being near together when the strap is folded, as shown. The coupling-ring 13 is disposed in the fold of the strap.

The billet 14 of the strap to be attached is first passed through the aperture 11 and then engaged with the buckle 12 in the usual manner, the apertured end. or side of the strap thus serving as a guard or shield to prevent the chafing of the horse by the buckle.

The keeper is represented at 15 and is disposed with one side between the folded portions of the strap and embracing one portion of the folded strap in position to receive the surplus portion'of the billet 14 in the usual manner. The keeper is attached to both folds of the strap, and thereby materially strengthens and reinforces the same, and thereby materially increases the strength of the device.

The buckle is attached in the usual manner by folding the end of the strap around the rear bar of the buckle with the tongue projecting through the same, and the same fastening means, such as the threads by which the buckle-fold is secured, are utilized to secure the keeper at one end and the two folds of the strap, as shown in Fig. 2.

The coupling member and the buckleguard are thus formed in one single piece and the intervening edge of the keeper completing the eye at the intermediate point of said my own I have hereto afiixed my signature strap, a ring passing through said eye, said. in the presence of two witnesses. strap having at one end a transversely-ex- ISAIAH MOKNIGHT tending perforation and atv its other end an I 5 eye, and a buckle retained by the last said eye.

In testimony that I claim the foregolng as i Witnesses:

S. G. BARRINGER, GERTIE GRIEB. 

